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Propolis, also known as ‘bee glue’, is a popular natural ingredient that is available as a food supplement and is often found in ‘natural’ cosmetics and skincare products. However, the number of skin allergies to propolis has more than doubled since 2007. This is the result of a study at FAU that has now been published in the British Journal of Dermatology.

Can artificial intelligence (AI) provide useful advice to students for their further academic careers? How can universities introduce AI-based support systems that are easily accepted and that support students’ diversity? The FAU research project ‘Individually recommended? – How AI-based advisory sy...

All face-to-face teaching at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has been cancelled since 10 March. We cannot predict how this situation will develop after 20 April. For this reason, the Executive Board has called upon all teaching staff to prepare alternative teaching resources such as webinars, podcasts or digital flashcards and has prepared a catalogue of measures to support digital and remote teaching.

The German Heart Research Foundation (Deutsche Stiftung für Herzforschung) is providing 58,000 euros of funding to Universitätsklinikum Erlangen for a study started in 2015 for research on adolescents who underwent heart surgery for a ventrical septal defect (VSD) at a very young age. This hole in the wall between the ventricles of the heart is the most common congenital heart defect.

On the website www.fau.info/corona you can find all information on coronavirus affecting FAU. It is updated regularly.

Good news for FAU and partners from science and industry: up to 3.5 million euros in funding from the Bavarian Research Foundation for three collaborative projects and one research network. FAU is the project coordinator in each instance.

Search for alumni: Doctoral graduates from FAU who gained their doctoral degrees in 1970, 1995 or 2005 are invited to the graduation ceremony on 20 June 2015. Spread the word!

The headliners at FAU’s Wunschkonzert this year are ‘Milliarden’ and ‘Say Yes Dog’. They will be performing with newcomers ‘Joschko’ and ‘Lost in Abelia’ on 24 April 2020 at E-Werk.

There are serious shortfalls in the day-to-day care available for people with dementia. Studies conducted by FAU and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen identified the late diagnosis, the high burden of care of relatives and the lack of care provided at the end of patients’ lives.